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Selling your plumbing company can be one of the hardest things in the world to do. You have spent your life building up your company, making it into a profitable venture and now, it is time to sell.

Over the last year, during several webinars and in-person events, I've spoken about the idea of systems-based thinking, which incorporates the ideas of strategic thought in the form of focus (“saying no”) and identifying and executing on coherent actions. In many ways, systems thinking (a.k.a. strategy) incorporates pattern identification. 

All of us at Radiant Professionals Alliance hope that you and your family and friends are safe and in good health. With vaccines now available, there is hope that COVID-19 cases are reduced, and things are getting better.

The pandemic has disrupted the world and how business today is done. Even in the construction industry, things have been disrupted and modified. 

 The COVID-19 pandemic left no industry untouched in terms of challenges, and in the home services space specifically, we all had to adjust to ensure we could keep delivering our essential expertise despite so much uncertainty.

The biggest problem most plumbers face is finding personnel. A plumber’s ability to grow is limited to his ability to put people in the field.

Looking over the new home plans in order to provide the builder with pricing, I noticed there was no chimney included.

A lot of folks hate the idea of “problems.” A lot of people see this as something to be overcome or fixed, but as leaders, we’re missing out on a huge opportunity here if this is the mindset we take. 

How’s that for a title? I’ll give you the answer right up front: Everyone!  And the best part is you don’t have to know what you’re doing; you just have to show up.

The Coefficient of Performance (COP) of a heat pump is essentially the same concept as the thermal efficiency of a boiler (e.g., the desirable output divided by the necessary input).